Comments on: Maine Legislator Heats Up Motorcycle Noise Debatehttp://www.usridernews.com/2011/03/maine-legislator-heats-up-motorcycle-noise-debate/
Motorcycle News and EntertainmentTue, 03 Mar 2015 21:05:00 -0500hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1By: KRThttp://www.usridernews.com/2011/03/maine-legislator-heats-up-motorcycle-noise-debate/#comment-410436
Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:01:07 +0000http://usridernews.com/?p=9704#comment-410436They do. My friend was pulled over because his farm truck had a loud exhaust. While he was pulled over a motorcycle with a straight pipe went by that was MUCH louder than his truck. Cop just let it go. Motorcycles have had special privilege to be loud for years. I think motrocycles should have to abide by the same rules as car and truck owners who DO get pulled over if they have loud exhausts.
And I have yet to see any real statistics on the number of modified loud bikes that are in accidents as opposed to quieter bikes. If it truly is a safety issue, it should be easy to show that the bikes that are involved in accidents are on average quieter than those that are not, verified by looking at whether they have modified exhausts.
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Sat, 16 Jul 2011 14:01:10 +0000http://usridernews.com/?p=9704#comment-108548Do all of you motorcycle riding noise polluters have any consideration? I live in a rural area where there is constant motorcycle and truck traffic. It's unnerving and completely unnecessary when they go roaring by. You made the choice to drive a motorcycle so you assume the risk that goes along with. Why should my right to peace and quiet suffer for your desire for thrills? Go bungee jumping or sky diving instead, much quieter.
]]>By: vstar1100silveradohttp://www.usridernews.com/2011/03/maine-legislator-heats-up-motorcycle-noise-debate/#comment-73999
Wed, 27 Apr 2011 19:20:12 +0000http://usridernews.com/?p=9704#comment-73999“All of us except one grabbed their ears. That’s common sense and common knowledge–except the six-month-old in the stroller. For some reason he wasn’t smart enough to do that. I’m asking you people here to protect us citizens of the state of Maine.”

Apparently she wasn't smart enough either. Instead of getting a real job she became a mindless politician with nothing better to do than introduce worthless legislation.

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Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:32:22 +0000http://usridernews.com/?p=9704#comment-70131so your loud pipes help you be seen. Didn't work for my cousins son, twice in the last year his LOUD Harley has had to have a new frame. Once because he hit a deer, deer must not have heard the LOUD pipes and the other time was an elderly gentleman made a left turn in front of him. LOUD pipes didn't help that time either. So why does he need LOUD pipes other than to annoy people and say LOOK AT ME I'M A DORK
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Fri, 01 Apr 2011 23:32:05 +0000http://usridernews.com/?p=9704#comment-61240Thank you Josh and Eric for watching out for us! As soon as Dianne Russel's seat comes up for election you know our support will be with anyone but her!
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Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:26:07 +0000http://usridernews.com/?p=9704#comment-61103if you want to be heard oin these issues support the people working hard to protect motorcycle rights !!!get involved go to augusta offer these men an women help with the decision making an getting the proper info out there to the public ..by the way i also ride and my bike sounds
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Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:24:53 +0000http://usridernews.com/?p=9704#comment-61082Part 3
The party in question was part of testimony of a citizen who was at the hearing to voice his concern about the excessive noise in his neighborhood.
Representative Russell is on a crusade to quiet down the motorcycles of the state but it did not start with a party interrupted by loud bikes. She lives in the southern part of the state where the population density is the greatest and the traffic volume is very high. There is also a group of citizens under the title of 'Maine Citizens Against Loud Motorcycles' that has her ear when it comes to legislation aimed at loud motorcycles.
Please do a little better job of presenting a story like this. It is bad enough that the motorcyclist groups have to deal with debunking the articles of the main stream media. It is unbelievable that we have motorcycle publications that are so lazy they get a story like this so wrong.
Joshua Herndon
Maine state representative for
Motorcycle Riders Foundation
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Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:24:04 +0000http://usridernews.com/?p=9704#comment-61081Part 2
Mr. Fuller did indeed make the statement attributed to him in the article. Why was not other testimony against the bill such as the documented difficulty finding the EPA label on STOCK motorcycles on a showroom floor? Or the state police testimony against the bill that asserts the infeasibility of the labels as a law enforcement tool?
The party that was disrupted was not at Russell’s house nor was she present at that party.
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Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:21:17 +0000http://usridernews.com/?p=9704#comment-61080Part 1
Who is responsible for this article? The staff of U S Rider News? Whoever is responsible needs to do a better job than this totally inacurate attribution. This is purely lazy journalism. Every quote in the article is attributed to Representative Russell. WRONG! Rep. Russell would not be pushing this bill in the Senate but the House of Representatives for starters. Actually the bill was presented in the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation, which is represented by both houses of the legislature. Russell does admit that this is personal BUT, the comment about being stupid and zinged &500.00 for being a cowboy was NOT made by Russell. The comment was a rant by Representative Mazurek, a committee member, when he became frustrated during the public hear on the bill.
Motorcycle Rights GROUPS do indeed oppose this bill for SEVERAL reasons. Why was only one reason given?
]]>By: Jennhttp://www.usridernews.com/2011/03/maine-legislator-heats-up-motorcycle-noise-debate/#comment-60067
Tue, 29 Mar 2011 22:10:48 +0000http://usridernews.com/?p=9704#comment-60067Poor baby, your party got ruined. What about people driving by my house daily blasting their music so loud my windows shake? How about the 3 incidents where my boyfriend and I have been on our bike and have been almost hit from stupid drivers texting or too busy on their phones. People don't pay attention like they should and don't see us. How about next time it happens and I guarentee it will, we give them a ticket or better yet have them arrested for almost killing us. We need the pipes to be heard because people like you miss politician are are too stupid and so high on your horse to pay attention.
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